Sitting by the fireplace in the centrally located kitchen, and sipping from a glass full of apong, the local brew, I watch Dogindo running around with a made-up sad face. He wants to play a little more and does not want to eat now but his mother, my host’s wife, would have none of it …
Category: Adventure
Stuck In The Hills, Rescued By The Locals – During the Mopin Festival
It has already been close to an hour since I started walking from Basar, a small town in the West Siang Lepa Rada district of Arunachal Pradesh. I had come here to attend Mopin Festival in Basar – the annual harvest festival of the native Adi Galo tribe. Had I been driving or riding, I …
Weekend Drive To Hajo – Hayagriva Madhava Temple
One of the interesting places to visit near Guwahati and a must visit place near Guwahati if you are someone who enjoys exploring historical sites. The beautiful drive from the Garurachal hills, where we visited Powa Mecca, the historical mosque which is also the tomb of Pir Giasuddin Auliya, the pioneer of Islam in this …
Aimless Wanderings In Meghalaya – In Photos
I have always enjoyed unplanned trips. Doesn’t matter if they are long multi-day trips or single or even half-day trips. Our drive to an unknown village in the hills was pretty much one of those trips. Trips where you have no idea that you will be going on a trip even a few hours before you …
An Unnamed Village In The Hills
About a couple of hours out of Shillong, there exists a slice of heaven, a small Khasi village perched on top of a hill and surrounded by deep valleys on its three sides. It overlooks a serpentine river below, the frothy waters of which separate the East Khasi Hills from the Jaintia Hills. A small …